Case Writeups : Sealed Air Corporation 1) What has been happening in this market? How has Sealed Air (SA) been doing? To what do you attribute SA’s success? Sealed Air had achieved 25% annual growth in net sales and net earnings from 1971 to 1980. The company has been keeping a technical leadership position in the market. During 10 years‚ the company built on its development of the first-cell‚ lightweight cushioning material‚ introduced the first foam-in-place packaging system‚ and engineered the
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Case 4.2 Comptronix Corporation identifying inherent risk and control risk factors Mark S. Beasley Frank A. Buckless Steven M. Glover Douglas F. Prawitt it was 9:30 A.M. on a monday morning when the call came through. "hi dr mitchell‚ do you have a minute? "sure" the professor replied "i am on of your former students‚ but if you don ’t mind‚ i would prefer to remain anymous. i think it is best for both us if i not reveal my name or my company to you. i am concerned that the
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Memo To: Jack Clark Cc: Mozaffar Khan‚ Derek Johnson From: Mauricio Sadi Andrade Date: March 15‚ 2010 Subject: Lehigh ’s 1993 product mix EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The objective of this memo is to recommend you a product mix for Lehigh in the year of 1993 based on profit calculations and other business considerations. Recommendation: 1993 product mix should include only High Speed Based on an approach resultant from the combination of ABC plus Theory of Constraints (TOC)‚ I recommend
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Cervus Equipment Corporation‚ was found in the 1990s to manages and consolidate farm equipment dealerships. It is based in Calgary‚ Alberta. It is in partnership with original equipment manufacturers and has branched out into the construction and long haul manufacturing industries. It has also increased its geographic foot print by moving into New Zealand and Australia. The company has successfully grown through acquisition‚ and has grown its revenue from $56 million to $979 in a pace of 11 years
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STEEL BEAM DESIGN Laterally Unrestrained Beam Dr. A Aziz Saim 2010 EC3 Unrestrained Beam 1 Non-dimensional slenderness Beam behaviour analogous to yielding/buckling of columns. M Wyfy Material yielding (in-plane bending) MEd MEd Elastic member buckling Mcr Lcr 1.0 Dr. A Aziz Saim 2010 EC3 Non-dimensional slenderness Unrestrained Beam LT 2 Lateral torsional buckling Lateral torsional buckling Lateral torsional buckling is the member buckling mode
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MINICASE ACCT – 13 1. What are the relevant facts? - The company for which Chris is the controller is facing difficult times in light of a downturn in the construction industry. - Chris and Robin know that a material receivable from the Ender Corporation is probably uncollectable. - The allowance adjustment for the material receivable has not been made - Allowance adjustment will cause the auditor to mention the company’s unstable financial position and therefore without a clear opinion‚ the
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Executive Summary Biopure Corporation was established in 1984 and is a privately owned pharmaceutical firm. They are trying to launch two new products: Hemopure (human market) and Oxyglobin (veterinary market). They are the only company aggressively engaged in the development of blood substitutes for the vet market. Biopure has invested $200M in the development of said blood substitutes. They currently don’t have any revenues with little to no debt and financing of $50M to support these operations
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Reading/Video questions for Diamond’s Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Prologe “Yali’s Question” 1. What is Yali’s question and why did it motivate Diamond to write this book? Yali’s question was “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea but we black people have little cargo of our own?” Jared Diamond wrote this book to answer Yali’s question because he didn’t have an answer when Yali asked him the question. 2. What are other ways that Diamond asks
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Situation Analysis Industry: Cutlery/ Direct Selling Industry Sales force consists of 15 million direct sellers 2007 U.S. Industry sales were $30.8 billion; Global sales were $114 billion Average annual growth rate is 3.2% Company: 61st year in operation (2010) $200 million revenues Headquarters located in Olean‚ Pennsylvania Over 500 products‚ ranging in price from $27 to $945 (Increases 5% every other year) Numerous subsidiaries- Trends: Majority of sales force
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Lehigh Steel Background- Lehigh Steel was founded in 1913 and it manufactures specialty steels for high strength‚ high use applications. In 1975 it was acquired by Palmer due to its ownership of Continuous Rolling Mill‚ a specialized equipment that convert steel intermediate shape to wire for Palmer’s bearing. The industry as a whole is highly competitive‚ even a small change in price could alter customers’ consumption decision greatly‚ keeping costs down is therefore‚ one of the most important
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